You don't actually know what your future self wants | TED Business

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become. Before and after the talk, TED Business host Modupe Akinola shares a clear-eyed and empowering perspective on your future self's feelings. This is an episode of TED Business, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. You can follow TED Business wherever you're listening to this.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:10.8	Hey Ted Talks Daily listeners, it's Elise Hugh here.
0:13.5	This month we're doing something a little different.
0:16.0	Every Wednesday we're sharing amazing business content from our podcasts across the
0:20.5	Ted Audio Collective.
0:22.5	Whether you're in the workforce, starting a business, or just rethinking your relationship
0:26.8	with labor.
0:27.8	We've got all kinds of insights from across our shows.
0:30.4	We're starting with an episode of Ted Business hosted by Columbia Business School Professor
0:34.8	Modupe Akinola.
0:36.8	Each week she presents Ted Talks that illuminate the business world and then gives you a
0:40.6	mini lesson on how to apply the ideas in your own life.
0:44.7	Enjoy this episode and check out Ted Business wherever you're listening.
0:50.4	In my first year of business school, way back in 1999, I took a required leadership course
0:57.3	where our final assignment was to write a two-page memoir detailing what we would be
1:02.6	doing in 2011, 10 years after graduation.
1:07.6	My professor had us bring in two copies, one to turn in and one to keep.
1:13.0	And yes, I still have mine.
1:16.1	My memoir says that by 2011 I would be married with three kids living in West Africa working
1:23.5	for UNICEF.
1:25.8	It's no surprise to me that this was my vision.
1:28.8	I knew very few people at the time who were in their mid-30s without kids and I had done
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